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In high school, I discovered a way to print to every printer in the entire district. Every computer would mount the NETLOGON network drive while the user signs
by aarchi 5y ago
In high school, I discovered a way to print to every printer in the entire district. Every computer would mount the NETLOGON network drive while the user signs in and run a jumble of BAT/VBS scripts to initialize settings for their school, including registering nearby printers and setting up the share drives. Windows Explorer couldn't open the NETLOGON share directly, but that was easy to bypass by opening the containing directory for shortcuts to applications stored on there. I combined the printer init scripts for all the schools, giving my machine access to around 1000 printers and all share drives. I found a lot of interesting things in there like spreadsheets containing substitute teacher and default user credentials. I was nearing graduation, so I wanted to print some prank to all of these printers simultaneously, but I unfortunately didn't follow through because I was afraid of the repercussions. I should have done it.